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I know there are some people on here who keep claiming that the influx of new people is slowing to virtually nothing, but the latest numbers don't show that. In fact the state is growing at a faster rate than the country and Hawaii and Maui counties are growing at the fastest rate in the state. I will be interested in seeing the district breakdown for Hawaii county when those numbers become available.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30068...ost-growth
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Probably more homeless and crazies from the mainland have landed on this island.
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homeless and crazies from the mainland
The article says:
The majority are from outside the country, with the highest number coming from the Philippines.
Most of the Filipino people I know live with family or extended family, and are hard workers.
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who keep claiming that the influx of new people is slowing to virtually nothing
Don't know where you got that from. There has never been a shortage or slow down of "new people". That is what you call tourists. There has always been a high turnover of people coming here, with almost as many leaving as arriving. For Hawaii island, from the article:
189,191 in 2012 to 194,190 people
That is an increase of 5,000 in 3 years or a little over 1300 per year. Generally, there are about 2,000 births per year on this island. Then there is the very general number of 7 moving on the island every day, with 5 moving off the island, resulting in about 700 net per year. What has changed is the net increase was tending to south Puna, which resulted in several years of fruitcakes demanding all kinds of things because of the "explosive" growth. That demographic has really changed and it is noticeable on the highway, very light traffic south of HPP and massive build up north of HPP. Of course, now the HPP fruitcakes will demand all kinds of things because of their "explosive" growth. There is also this thing going on to send the homeless and derelicts south, out of Hilo.
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Originally posted by pahoated
who keep claiming that the influx of new people is slowing to virtually nothing
Don't know where you got that from. There has never been a shortage or slow down of "new people". That is what you call tourists. There has always been a high turnover of people coming here, with almost as many leaving as arriving. For Hawaii island, from the article:
189,191 in 2012 to 194,190 people
That is an increase of 5,000 in 3 years or a little over 1300 per year. Generally, there are about 2,000 births per year on this island. Then there is the very general number of 7 moving on the island every day, with 5 moving off the island, resulting in about 700 net per year. What has changed is the net increase was tending to south Puna, which resulted in several years of fruitcakes demanding all kinds of things because of the "explosive" growth. That demographic has really changed and it is noticeable on the highway, very light traffic south of HPP and massive build up north of HPP. Of course, now the HPP fruitcakes will demand all kinds of things because of their "explosive" growth. There is also this thing going on to send the homeless and derelicts south, out of Hilo.
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This may come as a shock to you, but the census tracks total increase in population, Hawaii is growing at a faster rate than the rest of the United States and Hawaii and Maui counties are growing faster than the rest of the state, by a fairly good percentage per year. These means that between births and transplants, including people moving here from other countries, Hawaii county is experiencing a net INCREASE. Tourist stay for weeks, not years, these are residents.
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these are residents.
But as the statisticians on Punaweb have pointed out, those new residents consist of:
33% Homeless
33% Crazies
33% HPP Fruitcakes
While not specifically catagorized, I'm allowing 1% for the employed, retired, or margin of error.
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"Hawaii is growing at a faster rate than the rest of the United States..."
I can't access the news source at the moment to double check it, but didn't it cite Hawaii as having the 13th fastest population growth within the U.S. in recent years?
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I thought the crazy homeless fruitcakes were in Kalapana.
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Originally posted by PunaMauka2
"Hawaii is growing at a faster rate than the rest of the United States..."
I can't access the news source at the moment to double check it, but didn't it cite Hawaii as having the 13th fastest population growth within the U.S. in recent years?
That is what the article states. The hook headline is "one of the fastest" meaning "in the top twenty". The problem were these fruitcakes that kept clinging to this "Puna is the fastest growing..." bleeting, no, no, no. From 2000 to 2010, it did double, from 20,000 to 40,000 but it has tapered off to very low growth rate, especially south Puna. Puna is estimated to be 45,000 now. This is only counting actual legitimate kamaaina that are residents thinking they will be staying, not all the mainland drifters wandering through. The site below has a lot of stats by zip code, south Puna is growing but very slowly and starting to taper off, while HPP and Kea'au are showing strong growth (house sales).
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Pahoa-Hawaii/
What is it with some Punatics that get locked into different points in time and are unable to dislodge themselves, like 1990 and 2010? The demographics are changing, get used to it.
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Do we really need to refer to people as "fruitcakes" and "crazies"?
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